Chapter 142: Two Matches to Capture Spring and Autumn (Twenty)
【Pucheng】
Shang Nan sent off Lang Shilong and the other three people, and then he took two generals to stand on the city tower to inspect the city defense and look down on the people's livelihood. To be honest, when Shang Nan came at first, he was not very happy. It was just the imperial court's arrangement. However, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and had no choice. When he thought about the misfortune of this hard work, he was so stunned that he closed his eyes the whole night before leaving. The supervisor sent by the imperial court sent them out of the city with noisy gongs and drums, but he also secretly He left a suicide note at home because he felt that this trip would never come back. However, now that he had walked around with his soldiers, Shang Nan's views had changed a little.
The people of this city are willing to live and die with the city, and they send strong men to the city one after another to protect their homes together with the officers and soldiers. This makes Shang Nan have another feeling. Even the people are not afraid, so what else does Shang Nan have? I'm afraid that even if the green forest army is strong, as long as they are united, Pucheng will not be forever solid. What's more, in order to hold on to Pucheng, the imperial court specially mobilized two thousand forbidden troops to mobilize with Shang Nan. Shang stood on the top of the city. Nan suddenly became high-spirited, as if he were seven or eight years younger, and the grand idea of making great achievements slowly grew in his heart.
Shang Nan stepped on the battlement, took out the dagger from his waist, and carved a line of small words on the battlement, "We live and die together, and the thieves will not return until they are broken." Shang Nan just made his mind clear, put away the dagger, and turned around to send someone. He took his bedding and other belongings out of the yamen and placed them on the gate tower, and swore that from now on, if the thieves did not defeat Xiagui, he would sleep in the gate tower until his death, and his food and accommodation would be the same as those of other officers and soldiers. , everyone heard that their hearts were a little boiling. They were infected by Shang Nan's energy, and they also hoped that Shang Nan would be a general who spoke beautifully and acted equally well.
However, before Shang Nan's personal entourage could move the bedding to the South City Tower, the soldiers and horses of the Green Forest Army were already sweeping in like a storm, and the soldiers and armor like dense clouds were heading towards the South City Gate. Come on, let the high-spirited spirit just now disappear in Shang Nan's face. Even if you are on the tower high above, looking at the crowd below like ants and insects, gathering in a dark mass, that powerful aura, deeply It weighed on his heart and made him breathless.
This was Shang Nan's first battle in Pucheng. For the sake of prestige, dignity, and life, he had to win. Shang Nan secretly took a deep breath, put the helmet he had just taken off back on his head, and called for someone to put his helmet back on his head. When the weapon was handed to his hand, he stood in the center of the tower with a strong look, as if he was not refusing. It was like a high-profile provocation, telling the officers and soldiers on the tower that I am here. , no one can open it.
At this time, the soldiers and horses of the Green Forest Army had already formed a formation. Looking over, there were only less than 3,000 men and horses, but under the generals of these soldiers and horses, there was a man sitting with a smooth head. The monk, with a maroon horse on his crotch and a black monk's robe, is very strange. He doesn't look like a kind person, and the weapon in his hand is even more nondescript. He is standing up and down Shangnan. While looking at the monk, the monk also rode out of the formation, stopped a hundred and fifty steps in front of the city tower, and shouted to the city: "Who is in the city, please call Lang Xiao'er to come out and answer the question." ,"
The officers and soldiers around Shang Nan said in Shang Nan's ear: "This guy is Lu Zhishen from the Green Forest Army. He came to call for battle before and was beaten miserably by the female general Sun Erniang. This guy just had a loud voice and didn't have any skills." , purely bluffing,”
After hearing this, Shang Nan felt confident, and shouted to Lu Zhishen: "Master Lang, you just see him casually. He is bald. Just tell me whether you dare to fight him or not."
"Gui'er, if you are afraid of trouble, come down and kowtow three times and bring me the best wine in the city. Grandpa will drink it happily and won't come to embarrass you today."
When Shang Nan heard that Lu Zhishen's words were full of sarcasm and not a word of politeness, his self-esteem was a bit unbearable. He immediately shouted: "I will fight you," and hurriedly went down to the tower.
Shang Nan's two lieutenants saw this and hurriedly followed them, admonishing: "General Shang, why kill a chicken with an ox's knife? Let me teach that guy a lesson later."
After hearing this, Shang Nan felt that it was reasonable. To be sure, he went down the steps given by General Pian and said, "Then I will give you two a chance. I will supervise the battle for you personally. If it fails, I will come and get it myself." His dog head,"
"Here," the two generals responded immediately. A group of three people came down from the city tower with their own soldiers, got on their horses, opened the city gate and rushed out with the two thousand forbidden troops transferred from the imperial court. After setting it aside, Shang Nan turned to the right and without saying a word, he galloped straight towards the monk.
Lu Zhishen saw this and knew that Shang Nan was going to send someone to test the depth of the water. He immediately rode up to meet him, but he only used 20% of his ability to break all the moves of the general on the right. However, However, he did not kill anyone, and pretended to be barely able to resist. The two fought for a hundred or ten rounds, but they could not get over it. The left-wing general under Shang Nan's shoulder could not sit still, and immediately came to help him.
There was an extra person, and Lu Zhishen's face showed a panic, but in fact he was sneering in his heart. He treated the two of them like monkey tricks, added two times of effort, and had a fierce fight with the two generals, but After a stick of incense, they fought for another hundred and ten rounds. At this moment, Shang Nan thought he had figured out Lu Zhishen's abilities. Seeing him rushing around in a "reckless and clumsy" manner, he immediately shouted loudly. With a sound, he also came up to kill with a sword.
Lu Zhishen was waiting for these three people to attack together. Just when the two generals thought they had a chance to win with the help of their leader, they never expected that just when Shang Nan slashed in with his sword, Lu Zhishen's moves suddenly changed. Suddenly, the puddle of rotten cotton-like moves suddenly turned into a bottomless swamp, sinking the weapons of the three people deeply into it. No matter how hard they struggled, they seemed unable to fly out of the cage. The yellow bird was tightly blocked by the Zen staff in Lu Zhishen's hand.
At this time, Shang Nan suddenly realized that the crazy monk in front of him had bottomless kung fu, and he was far from his opponent. However, he wanted to withdraw, but it was too late. Lu Zhishen's offense and defense were very closely integrated. Not only did the three of them He tried his best but couldn't hurt him in the slightest, and he was killed by Lu Zhishen because he was stretched everywhere.
Shang Nan's big knife weighed eighty kilograms. However, every time the blade hit the Zen staff, the heavy feeling as if it was being chopped on a rock made his tiger's mouth numb again and again. He couldn't help it. He would have thought that the Zen staff that was so light in Lu Zhishen's hand weighed a full 180 kilograms. What worried him was that the monk was not only powerful, but also had surprisingly good physical strength. Shang Nan was already beaten all over his back. There was sweat on his forehead, but Lu Zhishen was so stunned that he couldn't even breathe. If he continued to be exhausted like this, let alone another three hundred rounds, even a hundred rounds, the three of them wouldn't be able to hold on, because Shang Nan had already noticed that Lu Zhishen The characteristic of this is that the moves become more and more sophisticated and fast, but the force of each shot is still very heavy.
Shang Nan's end is pretty good. The right-wing general who came up first has been fighting for more than 200 rounds. The farther you go to the back, the harder the fight becomes. He is constantly being pressed and beaten, and he is already exhausted. A wet man covered in sweat, panting heavily, as if he would hold his breath and die immediately if he couldn't catch a mouthful.
Before Shang Nan could think of a way, Lu Zhishen was tired of playing. With a Zen stick, he knocked off the right general whose armor had penetrated his chest. The officers and soldiers on the tower were so shocked that they didn't scream. When he came out, he saw Lu Zhishen swiping his Zen staff smoothly, and with a slight twist, he used the crescent shovel on the other end to pierce the left general who was about to take the opportunity to sneak attack. Lu Zhishen shouted loudly, waved his Zen staff, and pierced the bloody left soldier. The general picked it up and threw it towards Shang Nan fiercely.
When Shang Nan saw it, he knew that there was no hope at all. He took advantage of this moment to turn his horse's head and planned to withdraw his troops and return to the city.
Lu Zhishen threw away the body of the general on the left, shouted "kill" and led the Green Forest Army, which was full of momentum and eager to try, to pursue him.
Shang Nan rushed to the edge of the city desperately. He didn't dare to look back. He just heard the shouts of "kill" and knew that the Green Forest Army was coming to cover him up. He was so anxious that Shang Nan wished that his own soldiers could make decisions on the city tower at this moment. The commander of the soldiers shot arrows to block the green forest troops who were trying to kill them for a moment. But just as the thought flashed across his mind, there was a popping sound and a stabbing pain penetrated his shoulder. When he turned his head to look, he felt severe pain. Among them, only half of the arrow with white feathers remained outside the body, and the wound was only three inches away from his neck. He subconsciously looked up and saw an officer and soldier standing on the arrow stack on the top of the city, setting up the second arrow.
Shang Nan didn't care so much. He didn't have time to think so much at this critical moment. He just wanted to rush into the city. He covered the wound caused by the arrow rain, reluctantly lowered his head and dodged the arrow. At this time, under the attack of the imperial army, Under the protection of everyone, he also galloped into the south city gate.
The Green Forest Army moved quickly, with Lu Zhishen clearing the way in front. Like a whirlwind, the Forbidden Army was staggering and killing them, and they quickly reached the South City Gate with the force of breaking the bamboo.
Shang Nan saw that the Green Forest Army was about to take advantage of the victory and pursue them into the city, so he turned his horse and shouted: "Close the city gate quickly, and the archers will shoot."
However, the city gate was not closed, allowing Na Lu Zhishen to rush in with a flood of people. However, the archers he called for came, and several people dressed as ordinary people suddenly appeared on the roofs on the left and right sides of the street. Swish, swish, swish, Random arrows fell like raindrops. Before Shang Nan could react, he and the imperial guards surrounding him were all shot into hedgehogs. Shang Nan's body was pierced by the random arrows, and he immediately fell off his horse. He died in a short while. , but at the top of the city at this moment, the officers and soldiers seemed to be having internal strife, and they had been fighting together for a long time. The militiamen, the officers and soldiers originally stationed there, and the three groups of the Forbidden Army brought by Shang Nan later responded to the instigation within the Green Forest Army. The killing was inextricable, the heat was in full swing, and the killing became more and more indiscriminate.
It turned out that as early as when Zhu Wu entered the city for the first time, a group of people had already sneaked into Pucheng. They were scattered in every corner of Pucheng, selling firewood, begging for food, etc., dressed in simple and low-key disguises. , was broken into pieces, and was very intact among the people of Pucheng. However, due to the continuous war, the people in the city were panic-stricken, and no one was idle to pay attention to these subtle changes. For this reason, people could be hidden, and before that, in Nan The people who gathered to make trouble at the city gate were actually members of the Green Forest Army who bribed local thugs and made trouble in the name of the merchants who were eager to leave the city. They followed the "mourning" family and started making trouble. The Green Forest Army scattered throughout the city used excuses everywhere to incite the people. After Zhu Wu had the opportunity to get close to Lang Shilong, he came up with a "best of both worlds" strategy for Lang Shilong, which only enabled those Green Forest Army men scattered among the people to go to the top of Pucheng and mix among the officers and soldiers guarding the city. , in the past few days while waiting for the transfer order, although it was the play between the Green Forest Army and Lang Shilong, it also gave the Green Forest Army as internal agents some time to win over forces in the army, spread rumors and cause trouble, and the The seeds of hidden dangers were buried among the defenders in advance.